Policy · Federal procurement consolidation
PACT, the three Executive Orders, and OMB M-25-31
If you want to understand why OMAS exists and where this is headed, you have to read the four documents that set the rules. Three EOs and one OMB memo. Plain English version on this page; primary sources linked at the bottom.
PACT — Procurement Alignment and Collaboration Task Force
PACT was stood up at HHS in early FY25 after the GSA consolidation EO. At the May 2026 Acquisition Solutions Day, HHS presented PACT as a formal HHS Agency Priority Goal. The three goals:
Goal 1
Centralize common IT and common professional services through OMAS.
Goal 2
Modernize the acquisition system stack — HCAS and related tools configured for OMAS workflows, financial-system integration, data standardization.
Goal 3
Preserve mission-specialized procurement at operating divisions with mission-critical authority.
The standardization spectrum. OMAS uses a Standardization Suitability Spectrum to decide what consolidates. Less suitable: complex, mission-unique, high program enablement (Divisions handle). More suitable: simple, mission-agnostic, easy to standardize (OMAS handles). Source: Acquisition Solutions Day deck, slide 10.
The four documents that made this happen
EO 14210 Feb 11, 2025 White House
Implementing the DOGE Workforce Optimization Initiative
Plain English 4-to-1 hiring ratio, RIF prep, agency reorganization plans within 30 days.
Vendor impact Tightens the acquisition workforce on the buyer side. Expect fewer COs handling more files, longer cycle times, and more emphasis on consolidated buying to scale CO capacity.
Read the EO →
EO 14222 Feb 26, 2025 White House
Implementing the DOGE Cost Efficiency Initiative
Plain English Centralizes contract payment justification systems, requires a 30-day contract review, and freezes new CO warrants during the review window.
Vendor impact Existing contracts may be terminated for convenience or de-scoped. Modifications now require a written justification linked to the payment system. This is the EO that produced the FY25 $16.3B HHS spend reduction (HCEI).
Read the EO →
EO 14240 Mar 20, 2025 White House
Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement
Plain English Mandates the transfer of common goods and services procurement to GSA. This is the root authority behind PACT and the OMAS standup.
Vendor impact Common IT and Professional Services contracting consolidates through GSA Best-in-Class vehicles or, at HHS, through OMAS. If your firm sells laptops, cloud, cyber tools, or advisory services into HHS, your CO has moved.
Read the implementing memo →
OMB M-25-31 Jul 18, 2025 OMB
Consolidating Federal Procurement Activities
Plain English Implementation guidance for EO 14240. Two workstreams: (1) increased GSA use across agencies, (2) physical centralization of the procurement function at GSA for specified categories.
Vendor impact Names the canonical buying paths: GSA MAS IT, NASA SEWP, NITAAC CIO-SP, and category-managed Best-in-Class. Be on these vehicles or be invisible to OMAS.
Read OMB M-25-31 (PDF) →
Additional driver named on the PACT slide: the Secretary's "Make America Healthy Again" framing for realignment of mission support functions.
The consolidation is now in the budget
The HHS FY2026 Budget in Brief signaled consolidation of 28 operating divisions to 15 and closure of 5 of HHS's most costly regional offices. The FY2027 Budget in Brief carries it forward: HHS asks for $112.2 billion in discretionary budget authority, $111.1 billion after cancellations and rescissions (against $128.7 billion enacted for FY2026), and its operating-division budget justifications already list the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) and the Administration for Children, Families, and Communities (ACFC) as agencies.
Today's 10 HCAs is a snapshot, not a steady state. The OpDivs whose contracting authority has already been absorbed, ACF and AHRQ, are the early signal of the pattern. FY2027 opened October 1, 2026 under a continuing resolution (P.L. 119-103) through December 11, 2026, so the full-year bills, not the request, decide which of these moves get funded.
Read the FY2027 Budget in Brief → · FY2026 Budget in Brief (PDF) →
What to do with this
- If you sell common IT or professional services into HHS: build the OMAS SBC-IT (Adam Vance) or SBC-PS (Scott Bredow) relationship. Confirm presence on GSA MAS IT, NASA SEWP, and OASIS+. NITAAC CIO-SP3, CIO-SP3 SB and CIO-CS take no new orders after October 29, 2026 (CIO-SP4 was cancelled), so a CIO-SP3-only posture goes dark this quarter.
- If you sell mission-unique work to NIH, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, ASPR, ARPA-H, or OIG: your CO is unchanged (the HCA roster has not moved since April 27, 2026). Watch the FY27 appropriations bills for any merger that affects your buyer.
- If you sold into ACF or AHRQ: your CO is now in OMAS SBC-Mission (Trish James). Expect outreach if you hold a current contract.
- If you're a small business: register in SBCX (osdbu.hhs.gov). The subcontracting opportunity posting feature is in development. HHS FY26 SB goal is 25% overall (OSDBU page, reviewed August 19, 2026), but they earned a B on the FY24 scorecard; strengthening that score is an OSDBU priority.
Sources. White House primary EO text (EO 14210, EO 14222 — direct).
OMB M-25-31 PDF (canonical text for EO 14240 and the implementation guidance).
HHS FY2026 Budget in Brief (verified 2025-06-02).
HHS Acquisition Solutions Day deck (May 2026, slides 4 and 10 on PACT and the standardization spectrum).
What changes after this? The implementation timeline, and the FY27 appropriations outcome after the December 11, 2026 CR. We re-verify quarterly and after any change to the underlying memos (last pass October 19, 2026).